The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-01-21

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dords re large, with pf well main
tantd. The following 4. some of the
sales at the
FARNER's w 4RKfpUsE..
AB Inman, s lot n So, 1850, 27
Gardner & Galloway .4 lots, II, 1S so, %,
%; Gardner & Ray, EIets, %, "a so, 81,
81, %; Y Gardner. lots. "a, "a, %, %,
lots, 10, II so, 27, 20 II so; Mrs 7 B
lots, 2S, IL, 4 80, 80; 5Se D A Rob
lots, 81, 21 so, SO, IL, l6n and Nor
row, 10 lats, Fl SO, 22l4 10. As, 25, 21 so,
18, 81, 10, 1S; Runnion& Lee, 3 lots, II so,
"a, % so; ] L Rice. 3lots, 10 80, 81, % so;
G Runnion, 2 lots, sS so, %; Paris 4
Gudger, lots, Is, 25,19 80; q B Am
mons, lots, 81 so, 1850 and 18.
BANNER WlREHoUsE.
is T Fisher, 5 los, 10, 81 so, 15, is,
IL 75; A Allen. lots,u 25, 18 so, Is so,
15 so; g W Allen, bts, A, 80. 20, aver
age 80 SO for entire BE of 1.16I lbs; NJ
& B Norton, Z lots, IA 80, Is, Is so,
% so, IL rs, Is 25, 9 lJ; r Smathers, 4
lots, IA %. %, 20. 15;g W Brown, II lots,
l3, 959, Il %, 10, ss'eS s5 IA %,
2e39, 14. % 81, = - j 2H Is r.
21 so, Is 80, %; %. &Hasan, eight lots,
II 80, 20, a, 10 IL, 10, IA 70 and 20;
NJ R Ryden, 8 lots, 20, 81, 20 so; j L
Caldwell, lots, q so, Is so, q; N w
Gosnell, lots, 11,Hl,1S. 975, %, 16 so,
% 80. Total u ,609
Total sales on tbs 19sh; 25, ,321 lbs, at
an average of $l4.0a.
FRUIT GROWING Discussed.
Mr.. Geo. E. Boggs, of this section, who
has been recently on a visit to Kentucky,
writes US from Catlett1burg whilst out
there as to the growth offruits. He says !:
Our beautiful section Offers rare advan-
tages for fruit culture which are only
to be appE Eciated by our peo.
Pile. There is, in my oSInion, no other
industry that offers Us g5eat advantages.
In visiting this seesio,H, have found
much interest in Fges9 9a.ating the fruit
growing industry. fFhet rSllture of apples
especially has gres.ly 1ereased in the
last quarter of a century. Within a
radius of ten mileSef this place there are
q few orchards of two to thSe thousand
esyaRd a great number of 53ne Thousand
or The f-Ih9N are of courE Agreanduc[0
bersqd the StSApf few Msp1,Ee WI 4
Grapes aK n-Tih3 ma 1tRs We here,
and pearsSB B not soIeed vefy NIL.
One fact that hshel3pScialIy interested
me II the experiehte of fruit-growers Is
the improvement i1r the market for fruits
with their increased production. 1 am
told that fruit sells much more readily
and at better prices now than it did ff-
teen or twenty years ago when much less
fruit was grown foS market. This only
proves that the APPETITE for fruit like
other appetites grows by what 1t feeds
1n."
Another fact of interest is the greater
value of apples grown in the "hills" or
The rough lands back from the river than
grown on the rich lands near the river
It is especially more attractive in color.
For along time the Rom. Beauty viii, b
originated near &eBT NSkhe principal
apple cultivated, Edt ot16kte wears the
Ken Davis and Smiths NAA.sstt-
introduced alIya s.IO -SroWdlng Inc former
out. The Ben Davis though not quite 30
rich in flavor as the Rome Beauty is
quite as attractive in appearance, q better
keeper and the tres is more productive
and ls- therefore better suited to COM
uloECldl OTCudFO. Inc CIulLnS NlQeE
though not quite SO pretty is fine fruit
IN quality, size and appearance and the
tree is remarkably hardy and productive.
It is not quite as good q keeper as the
Ben Davis. Hon. Norman J. Coleman,
of Agriculture, says these
two trees-the Ben Davis and Smiths
in his experience yielded
'aDice as much profit as any other tree
with which he was acquainted. The
Missouri Pippin-a more recent introduc-
ion is so far as known here very popular
Is Is the case wherever it has been in
,roduced. ION. H. E. Yandeman, q. S.
PomoIoXs andly sent me some speci-
ne-1Sa. o@;shts fall. 1t is great fl
After careful investigation
am satisfied it is at least equal to the two
ust mentioned. But for the fact that the
.rees exhaust themselves by excessive
and for that reason are rather
short lived, I should pronounce it the
pest ofthree. have no doubt its defect
from over bearing-could he
IN good measure prevented by abundant
bookkeeping the ground well fertilized.
GRo. E. BoGGs
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